A night at the Brit Awards 2015

WHAT A NIGHT. We managed to attend the Brit Awards 2015 at the O2 Arena in London and it was a blast. We were sitting closer to Mars than to the stage, but you know, you get what you give. While we were adjusting our binoculars up on our mountain top, at the center of the arena a luxurious LED catwalk was set up and all around it stood the elegant tables full of good wine and celebrities. It’s like spying on someone else’s party, but that’s the closest I’ll ever get to Sam Smith&co so I can’t really complain. Hanging in the middle of the space, were handwritten neon words such as “Thankyou” and “Congratulations”, which were lifted up and down throughout the show.

The Performances

When the show started Ant&Dec’s faces popped out on a serving plate and that was the official kick off of the gala. First performance: Taylor Swift. Beautiful as always, she gave us a quite simple performance of her song “Blank Space”: total black outfit and a group of handsome dancers. Pop Minimal Chic!

Keeping the bar of elegance quite high, the next performance was from Sam Smith and a total white orchestra singing “Lay Me Down”. Beautiful and emotional. This has been his night!
Next off, rock band Royal Blood have brought down the house with “Figure It Out”. Red neon lights, strong guitar and good percussions. So powerful!
The other great winner of the night, Ed Sheeran, sung “Bloodstream”. It was just him and the guitar. Loved it, especially when he used his instrument as percussions. And his vocals! So nice.
Kim Kardashian herself came to introduce her husband’s performance. Yeah, that’s when he arrived on stage with other thirty men dressed in black and with two, TWO, flame throwers. As in, real fire. A really badass interpretation of “All Day”.

Following Kanye’s ehm, bold jump on stage was a totally different performance. Take That with “Let In The Sun”, a simple yet effective show with hippie-style dancers and lots of love and positivity. That’s what you call a heterogeneous group of performers.

Next off was George Ezra and his deep voice singing his hit “Budapest”. Nothing new, to be honest, but always a pleasure to hear him sing.
Paloma Faith performed her old song “Only Love Can Hurt Like this”, awesome show under a shower of water that rained over her and over three couples of modern dancers. Quite dramatic, it actually added value to the already powerful song.
And finally… Last but not least. After 20 years Madonna was back on stage at the Brits. The expectations were high but the result was even better. First of all, let me say we are for #teamMadonna. She is an incredible artist and has confirmed it also with this performance. Everybody has seen her fall down on stage, when the back dancer pulled a little to much in the attempt to remove her cape. She actually flew down three steps! But nonetheless, she continued and actually did a great job. The song said “Lifted me up, and watched me stumble. After the heartache, I’m gonna carry on” and so she did. Good job Miss Ciccone, you have been a great example of strength and professionality.

Rock on Paloma, we are really happy for this prize since she is such a good performer and singer. With a really emotional speech, she has demonstrated to be really honoured for receiving such an important prize.

Although Royal Blood are finally producing good quality rock again, I was really hoping to see the small statue in Clean Bandits’ hands. Their songs have been pure hits and have gained fame worldwide. As a matter of fact also Alt-J could’ve won, as they have produced original and alternative music with great feedback from all sorts of listeners.

When I imagined a breakthrough I was thinking more of a newcomer that recently popped up in the charts, surprising everybody. Such as Royal Blood or Chvrches. To be honest Sam Smith has been around quite a while and cannot be considered breakthrough anymore!

This one was tough. All three acts are really good and are going strong. We love James Bay and the prize is well deserved, although i’m sorry for Years and Years who are going really strong and basically are the act who everybody is talking about.

Sam Smith is polyhedric quality artist and deserved this prize, also considering the ability to kill it in the US market quickly and professionally. Sam and Ed have been in the charts worldwide all year long bringing record results for british music.

I’m a huge fan of Queen B but I must admit the other shortlisted girls have produced better stuff in the last twelve months. I actually thought that this one would’ve gone to Sia (with “Elastic Heart” and “Chandelier” she has given a totally new and personal interpretation of pop music). But this is not the end and she’ll surprise us again in the future, I’m sure. Good job Taylor Swift.